Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Something for future generations to discover on 2nd Avenue



The incoming 10-story residential building continues its ascent at 24 Second Ave. and First Street ... EVG regular Daniel points out the the construction is getting ready to obscure the the mural by Brazilian twins Os Gêmeos ...



The mural went up at the former site of the BP station in August 2015 ... nearly one year after the BP shut down.. (There's also a mural of a ballerina by French street artist JR on an adjacent building facing the lot.)

Permits show some 45,000 square feet for the 31 residences (rentals? condos?) … and another 5,700 square feet for the commercial space. And, as a reminder, the rendering...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The 2nd Avenue BP station has closed

Permits filed to demolish former 2nd Avenue BP station

More about the 10-story building taking the place of the former BP station at 24 2nd Ave.

Check out the new 10-story building for the former 2nd Avenue BP station

A ballerina for 2nd Avenue

2nd Avenue residential complex now complete with renderings on the plywood


[Photo from August 2015]
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 7:05 AM

    In 40 years when they tear this down to reveal an uncovered gem, Grieve'll be on it!

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  2. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 9:47 AM

    Oh, was that a work of art?

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  3. DrGeckoApril 25, 2017 at 10:19 AM

    Funny - I was just thinking that the neighborhood could use less art work and more large, generic glassy buildings.

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  4. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 11:20 AM

    The gas station that was there was the location for Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" video.

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  5. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 1:52 PM

    Billy Joel shot "Matter Of Trust" in a long gone community center on St.Mark's Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. He's no "Stranger" to the East Village :) Did he ever play the EV?

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  6. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 5:05 PM

    One of my favorite works of EV public art. At least it will be 'protected' ...

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  7. AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 8:51 PM

    uptown girl was filmed at the sunoco that was on the corner of Bond St and Bowery!!for all you late comers to the neighborhood.

    Simply put your dollars gently on the floor, back away and go back to where ever it is you came from.

    I wonder when the Real Estate Bubble along with the Economy will pop under king trump?

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  8. JQ LLCApril 26, 2017 at 6:34 AM

    wasn't Zoolander's hilarious gasoline fight scene shot there too? Or maybe I'm thinking of the mobil station on E. Houston

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